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About First Trust Long/Short Equity
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Inception date
Sep 9, 2014
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
First Trust Advisors LP
Distributor
First Trust Portfolios LP
FTLS is actively-managed to invest in 90-100% long equity positions, partially offset by 0-50% short positions. It may also include investments in ETFs. The fund will avoid leverage from short sale proceeds and can take defensive cash positions. The funds active managers an internal team from First Trust, have broad discretion in long/short allocation and stock selection. The selection process will include fundamental, market-related, technical and statistical attributes to screen eligible securities. The funds active managers will use an earnings quality model ranking with long high quality, short low quality, as a primary signal but will also aim to balance factor exposure and market risk for the overall portfolio.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Technology Services
Electronic Technology
Finance
Cash
Stocks99.52%
Technology Services14.86%
Electronic Technology11.36%
Finance10.32%
Retail Trade8.85%
Consumer Non-Durables6.92%
Consumer Services5.26%
Health Technology4.61%
Distribution Services3.70%
Industrial Services2.05%
Energy Minerals1.95%
Communications1.68%
Producer Manufacturing1.33%
Process Industries0.91%
Non-Energy Minerals0.90%
Consumer Durables0.72%
Commercial Services0.59%
Health Services0.55%
Transportation0.10%
Miscellaneous0.05%
Utilities0.02%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.48%
Cash30.15%
Miscellaneous−29.67%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
FTLS last dividends amounted to 0.22 USD. The quarter before, the issuer paid 0.15 USD in dividends, which shows a 31.24% increase.
FTLS assets under management is 2.02 B USD. It's risen 0.81% over the last month.
FTLS fund flows account for 554.06 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, FTLS pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 1.39%. The last dividend (Jun 30, 2025) amounted to 0.22 USD. The dividends are paid quarterly.
FTLS shares are issued by AJM Ventures LLC under the brand First Trust. The ETF was launched on Sep 9, 2014, and its management style is Active.
FTLS expense ratio is 1.38% meaning you'd have to pay 1.38% of your investment to help manage the fund.
FTLS follows the No Underlying Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
FTLS invests in stocks.
FTLS price has risen by 1.03% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 5.46% increase. See more dynamics on FTLS price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.16% over the last month, showed a 3.06% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 5.85% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.16% over the last month, showed a 3.06% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 5.85% in a year.
FTLS trades at a premium (0.13%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.